Quick answer — UK SPACE AGENCYLast refreshed 27 Mar 2026

At a glance

UK SPACE AGENCY has awarded £57.5m across 71 suppliers, with 101 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 16 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£2.0m) · SME share 47% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share47%
Pipeline · open now16
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UK SPACE AGENCY is a contracting authority, based in UKJ14. Tracks 189 published notices and 157 awards on PublicSupply.

189
Notices published
157
Awards
71
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£12.3m
12 m spend
£4.9m
Prior 12 m
+150%
YoY change
£455k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UK SPACE AGENCY — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£3m£5m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

35

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

16

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£2.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services54 · £205.5m
works4 · £120.0m
Unspecified124 · £36.0m
goods7 · £29.0m

Instrument type

contract182 · £379.1m
call off7 · £11.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 128Contracts Finder: 61

Awarded contracts · 101 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UK SPACE AGENCY is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Request For Information - In-Orbit Servicing Mission Concepts32530000planning
Financial and Operational Due DiligenceERNST & YOUNG LLPactive
UK Space Agency Monitoring and Evaluation Servicesclosed
Analysys Mason Subscription ServicesANALYSYS MASON LIMITEDactive
NSpOC: Monitor Space Hazards Software Development72212100£4.2mest.planned
NSpOC Sovereign Sensor Capability - Active RF38115100£30.0mest.planned
MicroCarb - Edinburgh Innovations LtdEdinburgh Innovations Ltd£1.3m27 Mar 2026pending
MicroCarb - Edinburgh Innovations LtdEdinburgh Innovations Ltd£1.3mpending
Analysys Mason Subscription ServicesANALYSYS MASON LIMITED£304k26 Mar 2026pending
Analysys Mason Subscription ServicesANALYSYS MASON LIMITED£304kpending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
SA
2 contracts · SME · 12 Aug
£9.6mest.
17% of total
New
2
SA
6 contracts · SME · 19 May18 Dec
£7.3m
13% of total
3
TA
£3.4mest.
6% of total
4
EI
2 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.5m
4% of total
New
5
NC
2 contracts · SME
£2.2mest.
4% of total
6
WS
3 contracts · 01 Sept
£2.0m
3% of total
New
7
AD
1 contract · 29 Aug
£1.5m
3% of total
8
RS
5 contracts · 31 Mar14 Jan
£1.2m
2% of total
New
971
···
63 other suppliers
long tail · 30 SMEs
£16.4m
29% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport equipment, vehicles
29 contracts
£140.0m
37%
Laboratory, scientific
5 contracts
£120.0m
31%
Other
111 contracts
£54.4m
14%
R&D services
16 contracts
£29.2m
8%
Business, legal, advisory
18 contracts
£21.4m
6%
IT services, software
9 contracts
£13.8m
4%
Architecture, engineering
2 contracts
£3.2m
1%
Education, training
5 contracts
£760k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Transport equipment, vehicles
Laboratory, scientific
Other
0
3
6
1
2
R&D services
Business, legal, advisory
0
IT services, software
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

47%
SME supplier share
target 33%
58
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
71
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ14
Companies House
08112757
Contact
Geraint Harris
Email
commercial@ukspaceagency.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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